Militant Tendency (Ireland)
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Socialist Party
Páirtí Sóisialach |
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| Leader | Collective Leadership |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Split from | Labour Party |
| Headquarters | 141 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland |
| Newspaper | The Socialist |
| Youth wing | Socialist Youth |
| Ideology |
Socialism Political radicalism Trotskyism Soft Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
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Anti-Austerity Alliance Cross-Community Labour Alternative |
| European affiliation | European Anticapitalist Left |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Colours | Red, white |
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The Socialist Party (Irish: Páirtí Sóisialach) is a Trotskyist political party in Ireland, active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Its official name on the Dáil Éireann register of political parties is Stop the Water Tax – Socialist Party.
The party was formed by former members of the Labour Party, collectively known as the Militant Tendency, who were expelled in 1989 having been accused of Trotskyist entryism. They formed Militant Labour, which became the Socialist Party in 1996. The party are members of the Committee for a Workers' International, a Trotskyist international headquartered in London.
The Socialist Party has been involved in the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign and the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes. Members of the party were jailed for their part in the former, while members have been arrested for their role in the latter. The Socialist Party has also been credited with bringing to light the GAMA construction scandal. It sat in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014.
Since 2014, the party's election candidates in the Republic have all stood for office on behalf of the Anti-Austerity Alliance (AAA), which was a registered party in its own right between 2014 and 2015 and which continues to contest elections as part of Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit (AAA-PBP). Three Socialist Party/AAA representatives sit in Dáil Éireann as AAA–PBP TDs. The party's candidates in Northern Ireland have stood for election as part of Cross-Community Labour Alternative since 2016.
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